I'm on the ten year plan.

I love older cars - always have. Never saw the need or wisdom of buying new. Then I tend to keep vehicles for a long time, cause well... I take care of them, and... I can !

Until the pistons start swapping holes and the rims are tearing up the pavement too much.

I keep vehicles until it becomes more expensive to keep them going than a car payment. Current car is a 2001 Focus with ~265,000 miles.

until I no longer trust it. My truck is 12 years old

I keep my car`s until they fall apart.

For the first time ever I am not going to get a new car. Seven years after a car accident that totalled my personal car I bought a 2011 Kia Sorrento-the dealer wouldn't sell me used and I'm still paying it off 7 years later-almost done-knock on wood. I only have 87,000 miles on it and I plan on driving it into the ground. First time ever.

I agree you know everything about your car and you won't get any benefit from selling it than a big bill and a car you don't know

My last car I kept for about 15 years. Honda Odyssey. It was a great car and rarely gave me any trouble until the last couple of years. I don't think I will try to keep one that long again.

I was an auto mechanic for a living. I basically used to 'flip' vehicles at home.
I would buy cars or trucks that didn't run or didn't run right, fix them, drive them for a month or two to make sure they were good, then sell them for a profit.

If I was independently wealthy, I might get a new car every few years- but I'm not!

Until they fall apart and/or repair costs get to be more than a newer car would cost.

I keep them until the repair cost is estimated to be more than their value.